Gun nuts turn against firearms journalist for his apostasy

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Jan 5, 2014 at 5:11 PM

You would think that a person as familiar with the gun culture as journalist Dick Metcalf (above) wouldn’t be surprised at the death threats he’s received from the knuckledraggers who took umbrage at one of his columns.

HERE‘s what happened:

The byline of Dick Metcalf, one of the country’s pre-eminent gun journalists, has gone missing. It has been removed from Guns & Ammo magazine, where his widely-read column once ran on the back page. He no longer stars on a popular television show about firearms. Gun companies have stopped flying him around the world and sending him the latest ...

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You would think that a person as familiar with the gun culture as journalist Dick Metcalf (above) wouldn’t be surprised at the death threats he’s received from the knuckledraggers who took umbrage at one of his columns.

HERE‘s what happened:

The byline of Dick Metcalf, one of the country’s pre-eminent gun journalists, has gone missing. It has been removed from Guns & Ammo magazine, where his widely-read column once ran on the back page. He no longer stars on a popular television show about firearms. Gun companies have stopped flying him around the world and sending him the latest ...